Agile Project Manager - Public Sector

Introduction

At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.

You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.

We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.

We Offer

• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Delivery & Scope Management: Drive end-to-end delivery of digital solutions, custom software development, or cloud migrations using Agile, Hybrid, or Waterfall methodologies tailored to government delivery phases (Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live).
• Stakeholder & Client Management: Build strong, trusted relationships with public sector clients, senior civil servants, and departmental leads. Translate complex technical and service requirements into achievable delivery plans.
• Commercial & Financial Control: Manage project financials, resource allocation, statement of work (SOW) compliance, burn rates, and margin targets. Ensure alignment with public procurement frameworks.
• Governance, Risk & Compliance: Establish robust governance mechanisms. Identify, mitigate, and track project risks, issues, and dependencies (RAID) in environments with high regulatory and security scrutiny.
• Team Leadership & Enablement: Lead multi-disciplinary pods of user-centered design specialists, developers, and data specialists. Foster a transparent, psychological safe delivery culture focused on iterative value delivery.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Public Sector Experience: Proven track record of managing digital delivery, IT infrastructure, or consulting projects within government departments, public bodies, or healthcare sectors.
• Framework Knowledge: Familiarity with public sector delivery standards (such as the UK Government Digital Service / GDS Service Standard or equivalent regional public standards) and government procurement guidelines.
• Project Management Methodologies: Demonstrated proficiency in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and traditional project management frameworks (PRINCE2, PMP, or APM).
• Vendor & Subcontractor Management: Experience coordinating third-party suppliers, delivery partners, and multidisciplinary consultancy teams under public framework contracts.

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).